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| | From:  magnaverse (Original Message) | Sent: 9/11/2008 1:22 PM |
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Vietnam War - Canadian Casualties
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It is estimated that between 30,000 and 40,000 Canadians crossed over
the longest unprotected border between two nations in the world,
and volunteered to serve in the U.S. Armed Forces.
This web page is dedicated to remembering those Canadians who paid the ultimate sacrifice.
Their names are immortalized on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial
(The Wall) in Washington, D.C.
On July 2nd, 1995, a Canadian Vietnam Veterans Memorial was placed on
Canadian soil in Windsor, Ontario, Canada by three men from Michigan,
Ed Johnson, Ric Gidner and Chris Reynolds, better known as
M.A.C.V. (Michigan Association of Concerned Veterans).
The "North Wall" as it has become known, has all the names of the Canadians
who died in Southeast Asia engraved on the black-granite panels.
Canadian U.S. ARMY Casualties of the Vietnam War
Canadian U.S. ARMY Casualties of the Vietnam War
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John Austin Anderson
Born on February 10, 1947.
On May 13, 1968, at the age of 21, he gave his life in
Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam.
Honored on the Vietnam Memorial on Panel 59E, Row 95
Alphonso Paul Bartalotti
Born on April 2, 1943.
On November 27, 1967, at the age of 24, he gave his life in
Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam.
Honored on the Vietnam Memorial on Panel 30E, Row 95.
Fidele Joseph Bastarache
Born on February 11, 1946.
On May 27, 1968, at the age of 22, he gave his life in
Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam.
Honored on the Vietnam Memorial on Panel 65W, Row 5
Gaetan Jean-Guy Beudoin
Born on September 5, 1948.
On August 26, 1969, at the age of 20, he gave his life in
Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam.
Honored on the Vietnam Memorial on Panel 19W, Row 116
Alvin Kenneth Bencher
Born on April 30, 1940.
On July 2, 1968, at the age of 28, he gave his life in
Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam.
Honored on the Vietnam Memorial on Panel 54W, Row 36 |
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Most Canadians enlisted into the Marines
The First Nations have been doing this since The US Civil War
There are Iroqouis that have had Five to Six generations that have served.
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IT WAS NO DIFFERENT THAT IN THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR. 14-17 THOUSAND SERVED WITH THE SOUTH AND FROM 18-24 THOUSAND SERVED WITH THE NORTH. |
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WE WERE THERE SEAFIRE AS UN OBSERVERS UNTIL THEY SHOT OUR HELICOPTER DOWN. AFTER THAT WE PICKED UP OUR MARBLES AND WENT HOME. |
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Magna, The Tiger Division is the one I read about being excellent troops. I have a friend who is a Korean War vet & he sez the S. Korean troops he saw in action during that conflict were'nt worth a good shat. T-Dog |
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That's the story I've heard. I think it was Trudeau just as we our Wilson who is to blame. but then he was chasing left wing girlies half his age. I had a read in Google about the Quebecois terrorists and you can see where Trudeau got it from. |
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One of the games Special forces liked to play was to take a couple of Enemy Prisoners up in a chopper and toss one of them out at 3000 feet -
was a very effective way of getting good Intel
To the best of my knowledge this practice is still done in Iraq
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#12 If you tried that with T-Dog it wouldn't work He'd just float up and up and then Mother Theresa would cup him in her palm (this is where it gets interesting) and lower him to earth like a peice of thistledown. This is why you never found any dead VC Catholics. |
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ROK actually has two armies the ROK one which is over disciplined to the extent that they have been known to summarily shoot troops that after 96 hours of operations with no sleep on a training exercise that doze off on guard duty. The Sgt. Major always has a pistol. The other is the KATUSA which is where the rich kids go and are administered by the US. Two stories I heard from my dad, one their areas were always the quietest because if on patrol they approached a village and got shot at once even if no one was hit they killed every living thing I believe that includes the farm animals in the village. Two after they were found out by the press they were removed from the front and put to working as base and other security measures. They proceeded to steal everything not doubly guarded by US troops. |
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The French used some former SS divisons in Nam with beaucoup success back in the 50's but when their tactics were exposed to the press they were recalled. T-Dog |
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HEY TOMMY
Actually they were absorbed into the Legion
there were about 300 in total
most served in Algeria
See Gerhardt Nann's Story Ex Waffen SS
Rose to the Rank of Captain
about 95% of the ex Wehrmacht/SS were Grunts
best
Magna |
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Mag,
I read Simon Murray's "Legionnaire" where he also talked about ex-Waffen SS in the Legion. He said they were some of the best soldiers there. Simon Murray was in the Foreign Legion from 1960-65, served most of his time in Algeria. |
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bow, if you are interested in the waffen ss in indo china (vietnam),you should read devils guard by george robert elford,excellent read,they certainly sorted the viet minh out,they had what you call unorthadox ways of dealing with them.seafire |
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yes Seafire I mentioned this book and the important point they were dumped on by the pro left french elements |
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Proving the point that Frog gratitude knows no bounds. |
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